Three teams, seven others advance

Monday

Oct 28, 2013 at 6:00 AM

Corky Emrick

Three local teams and a several other local runners will head to Michigan International Speedway Saturday for the MHSAA Cross Country meet.Both boys and girls teams from Mendon were regional champs.Also qualifying as a team was Sturgis’ boys team with a second-place finish.Div. IIThe Trojans boys team had two of the top 15 runners to place second with 81 points.Earning regional champion honors was Chelsea with 65 points. Behind Sturgis and also moving on was the team from Mason with 88 points.The Trojans were led by Grant Brown, who took seventh with a time of 16:36.In 13th was Shawn Bell (16:46), followed by Daniel Steele (16:59) in 16th, Trever Sprowls (16:59) in 17th, Terry Stahl (17:19) was 28th, Davis Polzin (17:58) in 52nd and in 67th with a time of 18:26 was Daniel Tetzloff.For the Lady Trojans, Peyton Boughton was the lone qualifier.She was eighth with a time of 19:38.Div. IIIConstantine will send two boys to the state meet.David Jones was fifth with a time of 16:52 and Isaac Hartley placed ninth with a time of 17:17.Neither the Lady Falcons or Bronson had runners advance.Div. IVBoth Mendon team were first to qualify as a team, while Centreville, Colon and White Pigeon will all be represented.The Hornet boys had 40 points, followed by Kalamazoo Christian with 63 and New Buffalo with 107.Leading the Hornets was Michael Campbell (17:35) in third, followed by Zach Darmofal (17:40) in fourth, Joe Gales (17:51) in 10th, Alex Heckman (18:28) in 16th, Austin Yunker (18:29) in 17th and in 20th was Tyler Frisbie in 18:33.Centreville’s Brady Reynolds took 10th with a time of 18:11 and in 12th was Matt Clementz at 18:18.In the girls’ race, Mendon dominated with five runners in the top 10.The Lady Hornets took first with 27 points, followed by Lake Michigan Catholic Central with 56 and Kalamazoo Christian with 78 in third.Leading Mendon, taking second was Mary Leighton in 20:50.Also for Mendon was Jenna Gales (21:17) in fourth, Jenna Griffith (21:19) in fifth, Lauren Samson (22:33) was sixth, Julia Sutter (23:16) was 10th, Grace Leighton (24:08) took 16th and Taylor Schmidt (24:27) was 19th.Also heading to MIS Saturday will be White Pigeon’s Robyn Watson. She was eighth with a time of 21:53.Colon’s Skyler Harvey took ninth with a time of 22:12 and Centreville’s Marissa Mohney was 12th with a time of 22:55.